I'm leaning towards it being electrical with mine. The change in gauge
reading is too sudden, and large, to be the tank float getting stuck....
I went from 3/4 full to 0 when it initially happened.... that's an awful
lot for the float to be traveling (alot of fuel slosh/crazy driving) to get
down to the 0 level from there.
It didn't do it at all today, but tonight on the way home from Peoria, when
I dropped friends off in Clinton, I heard noises I hadn't heard before, and
when I rolled down the window, I could tell it was brake-ish noise... perhaps
the rear drums are pretty well worn.
I've only put like 25k miles on the truck since I got it in January... who knows
how long before that that the brakes had been done. Guess I have an
assortment of projects now to work on, with it. Good thing I think I got my
Regal running ok to drive it for awhile!
Gary, I live near Clinton, and work in Bloomington - an hour or two south
of ya. My fiance went to school @ EIU with a gal from Ottawa. A couple
years back we ran up there and visited her one evening. She's going off
to school in AZ, so they're meeting this weekend to spend some time
together while they still have a chance! I'll be in Moroco, IN then South
Elgin on Sat, and they'll be in Bloomington. We're all over the place!
Thanks for the suggestions, everyone!
Derek A
http://www.show-n-go.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Hedlin <garyhedlin@sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Jul 22, 2004 11:05 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Fuel Gauge Problems
Funny you mention that, I'm having the same problem, but not as drastic
changes in the guage position. I'm sure there is nothing electrical, but
rather the floatie thingie in the tank getting stuck (sorry for the
technical jargon)
One thing I did do that did help a little was to run a few bottles of
Chevron fuel system cleaner through. If you do that and it helps, then we
know its not electrical.
P.S. Where in IL are you? I'm in Ottawa!
Gary Hedlin
www.garyhedlin.com
(Damn Close to Completion)
On 7/22/04 8:59 AM, in article
33172736.1090504661451.JavaMail.root@kermit.psp.pas.earthlink.net, "Derek A
- Central IL" <da97dakota@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Yesterday I was getting back from lunch, and as I went to park at work I heard
> the chime notice that I was low on fuel.... that's funny, I'd just put gas in
> the
> night before, and punched the trip odo, and had only gone 117 miles... sounds
> fishy.
>
> The gauge goes completely empty. After work I started the truck ('97 Dak SLT
> ClubCab w/3.9) up and after a few seconds of running, the gauge returned
> to normal. This happened at least a half-dozen times on the way home, that
> the gauge would cut out, then back on.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this problem before? How many sensors and
> other crap is tied in with the fuel level signal? Or is it just 3 things -
> Sending
> unit in tank / wiring / gauge in dash? On the GM vehicles I'm used to
> working
> on, all it is is 1 grounding wire going to the tank, and the varying
> resistance on
> the wire is the signal.... a shorted/grounded wire would read 0 and an open
> would peg the gauge full....... are the Dakotas set up the same way?
>
> Does the computer read the fuel level or anything.... anything getting screwed
> up if I drive the truck for a few days before working on it?
>
> Thanks for any assistance!
>
> Derek A
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